WVREADME.txt explains the layout of WV.xls, WV.csv and WV.zip (xls is the Microsoft
Excel version, csv is the comma separated variable version, and zip is the zipped version of the
.csv version and this readme file).  These files contains West Virginia precinct election data from
the 2000 federal general election matched with racial data from the 2000 U.S. Census.  The file also 
contains data on West Virginia state legislative elections and votes on a constitutional amendment 
that were held at the same time.

Use and Attribution: All data are free and may be distributed as long as no charge is imposed and
this readme file is included with the data.  If you use the data, please include this citation: David
Lublin and D. Stephen Voss. 2001.  "Federal Elections Project." American University,
Washington, DC and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.  We would greatly appreciate
it if you would mail us hard copies of any paper written utilizing these data sets. You can send
copies to: David Lublin, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016. 

Funding for the Federal Elections Project was provided by the Political Science Program of the
Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (Award
#99-85999).

Case Identification:
CID is a case identification number used by the Federal Elections Project. 

Geography Identification:
STFIPS is the State FIPS Code (54 for WV).
CTYFIPS is the County FIPS Code.
CTYNAME is the county name.
PRECINCT is the name of the precinct.
PCTNUM is a unique code of alphanumeric characters.
CD is the Congressional District.
SD is the State Senator District.
HD is the House of Delegates District.

Votes for U.S. President:
BUCHANAN is votes for Pat Buchanan (Reform).
PHILLIPS is votes for Howard Phillips (Write-In).
HAGELIN is votes for John Hagelin (Natural Law).
BROWNE is votes for Harry Browne (Libertarian).
GORE is votes for Al Gore (Democrat).
NADER is votes for Ralph Nader (Green).
BUSH is votes for George W. Bush (Republican).

Vote for U.S. Senate:
SENDEM is votes Robert C. Byrd (Democrat).
SENREP is votes for David T. Gallaher (Republican).
SENLIB is votes Joe Whelan (Libertarian).

Vote for U.S. House:
CONGDEM is votes for the Democratic candidate.
     Alan B. Mollahan in District 1.
     Jim Humphreys in District 2.
     Nick Joe Rahall II. in District 3.
CONGREP is votes for the Republican candidate.
     Shelley Moore Capito in District 2.     
CONGLIB is votes for the Libertarian candidate.
     Richard Kerr in District 1.
     John Brown in District 2.
     Jeff Robinson in District 3.

Vote for Governor:
GOVDEM is votes for Bob Wise (Democrat).
GOVREP is votes for Cecil H. Underwood (Republican).
GOVLIB is votes for Bob Myers (Libertarian).
GOVNL is votes for Randall B. Ashellman (Natural Law).
GOVMTN is votes for Denise Giardina (Mountain).
          
Vote for State Senate:

When a county contains a multi-member district, the extra candidates will have a number added
after their variable names, as indicated in parentheses.

SSDEM is votes for the state senate Democratic candidate.
     Walter Bish  District 1.
     Jeffrey V. Kessler  District 2 (SSDEM1).
     Larry Tighe  District 2 (SSDEM2).
     Louis F. Flade  District 3.
     Robert L. "Bob" Dittmar  District 4.
     Robert H. Plymale  District 5 (Uncontested).
     John Pat Fanning  District 6 (Uncontested).
     Earl Ray Tomblin  District 7 (Uncontested).
     Mark Hunt  District 8 (SSDEM1) .
     Billy Wayne Bailey Jr.  District 9 (Uncontested).
     Anita Skeens Caldwell  District 10 (Uncontested).
     Shirley Love District 11 (SSDEM1).
     Mark  Burnette  District 11 (SSDEM2).
     Bill Sharpe  District 12 (Uncontested).
     Roman W. Prezzioso Jr.  District 13 (Uncontested).
     Jon Blair Hunter, District 14.
     Mike Ross  District 15  (Uncontested).
     Herb Snyder  District 16.
     Larry L. Rowe  District 17 (SSDEM2).
SSREP is votes for the state senate Republican candidate.
     Andy McKenzie  District 1.
     Donna J. Boley  District 3.
     Karen Facemeyer  District 4.
     Vic Sprouse  District 8 (SSREP1).
     Hiram Lewis  District 11.
     Robert D. "Bob" Harman  District 14.
     Greg Corliss  District 16.
     Charles "Buddy" Lewis  District 17 (SSREP2).
SSLIB is votes for the state senate LIBERTARIAN candidate.
     John R. "Rick" Bartlett  District 14.

Vote for State House:

Districts 6, 7, 17, 18, 21, 36, 38, 45, 47, and 50 were uncontested:

SHDEM is votes for state House of Delegates Democratic candidates.  When a county contains a
multi-member district, the following codes added to the SH- identify their respective columns.
     Joe Delong (DEM1) District 1
     Randy Swartzmiller (DEM2) District 1
     Roy E. Givens (DEM1) District 2
     Tim Ennis (DEM2) District 2
     Richard "Rick" Altman (DEM1) District 3
     John "Jack" Fahey (DEM2) District 3
     Scott G. Varner (DEM1) District 4
     Kenneth D. Tucker (DEM2) District 4
     David Lee Pethtel (DEM1) District 5
     Pat Criss (DEM1) District 8
     Kent A. Brown (DEM1) District 9
     Larry Godfrey (DEM1) District 10
     J.D. Beane (DEM2) District 10
     Guy Lowther (DEM3) District 10
     Oscar Hines (DEM1) District 11
     Mike Dunlap (DEM1) District 12
     Dale Martin (DEM1) District 13
     Brady Paxton (DEM2) District 13
     Jeanie Parenti (DEM1) District 14
     Ted Boggess (DEM2) District 14     
     Kevin Craig (DEM1) District 15
     Margarette R. Leach (DEM2) District 15
     Arley R. Johnson (DEM3) District 15
     Dale G. Stephens (DEM1) DIstrict 16
     Joe Hutchinson (DEM2) District 16
     Susan Hubbard (DEM3) District 16
     Richard Thompson (DEM1) District 17
     Don C. Perdue (DEM1) District 18
     Harry Keith White (DEM1) District 19
     K. Steven Kominar (DEM2) District 19
     Joe C. Ferrell (DEM1) District 20
     Greg Butcher (DEM2) District 20
     Tracy Dempsey (DEM3) District 20
     Lidella Wilson Hrutkay (DEM4) District 20
     Earnie Kuhn (DEM1) District 21
     Emily W. Yeager (DEM1) District 22
     Richard Browning (DEM1) DIstrict 23
     W. Richard "Rick" Stanton (DEM2) District 23
     Eustace Frederick (DEM1) District 24
     Mark E. Wills (DEM1) District 25
     Richard D. Flanigan (DEM2) District 25
     Mary Pearl Compton (DEM1) District 26
     Sally Susman (DEM1) District 27
     Warren R. McGraw II (DEM2) District 27
     Virginia Mahan (DEM3) District 27
     Ron Thompson (DEM4) District 27
     Robert S. Kiss (DEM5) District 27
     Thomas W. Campbell (DEM) District 28
     Steve Hunter (DEM) District 28
     Tom Louisos (DEM1) District 29
     David G. Perry (DEM2) District 29
     John Pino (DEM3) District 29
     Barbara "Bobbie" Hatfield (DEM1) District 30
     Rebecca A. Mathews (DEM2) District 30
     Bonnie Brown (DEM3) District 30
     Jon Amores (DEM4) District 30
     Joe. F. Smith (DEM5) District 30
     Sharon Spencer (DEM6) District 30
     Ray Keener (DEM7) District 30
     Carrie Webster (DEM1) District 31
     Roger L. Hughes (DEM1) District 32
     Paul Niedbalski (DEM2) District 32
     Robert Morrison (DEM3) District 32
     Jon W. Cain (DEM4) District 32
     William F. Stemple (DEM1) Disrtict 33
     Brent Boggs (DEM1) District 34
     John W. Shelton (DEM1) District 35
     C. Randy White (DEM1) District 36
     Bill Proudfoot (DEM1) District 37
     J.E. Joe Martin (DEM2) District 37
     William "Bill" Wilson (DEM1) District 39
     Mary M. Poling (DEM1) District 40
     Frank "Chunki" Angotti (DEM) District 41
     Samuel J. Cann (DEM) District 41
     Ron Fragale (DEM) District 41
     Barbara "Bobbie" Warner (DEM) DIstrict 41
     Tom Coleman (DEM1) District 42
     Paul E. Prunty (DEM1) District 43
     Mike Caputo (DEM2) District 43
     A. James Manchin (DEM3) District 43
     Robert D. "Bob" Beach (DEM) District 44
     Barbara Evans Fleischauer (DEM) District 44
     Nancy Houston (DEM) District 44
     Charlene Marshall (DEM) District 44
     Larry A. Williams (DEM1) District 45
     Stan Shaver (DEM1) District 46
     Harold Michael (DEM1) District 47
     Henry "Hank" Kopple (DEM1) District 48
     David E. Haines (DEM1) Districrt 49
     Jerry L. Mezzatesta (DEM1) Disrtict 50
     Clainborne B. Lashley (DEM1) District 51
     Vicki V. Douglas (DEM1) District 52
     Don Kawalek (DEM1) District 53
     Laura R. Rose (DEM1) District 54
     John Doyle (DEM1) District 55
     Dale Manuel (DEM1) District 56
SHREP is votes for state House of Delegates Republican candidates.  When a county contains a
multi-member district, the following codes added to the SH- identify their respective columns.
     Peggy Miller Bahnsen (REP1) District 1
     Gerald L. Trabert (REP1) District 2
     L. Gil White (REP1) District 3
     Joseph D. Parriott (REP1) District 4
     Donald A. Haskins (REP2) District 4
     Charles Clements JR. (REP1) District 5
     William Roger Romine  (REP1)  District 6.
     Otis A. Leggett  (REP1)  District 7.
     E.W. "Bill" Anderson (REP1) District 8
     Larry Border (REP1) District 9
     Tom Azinger (REP1) District 10
     Rick Modesitt (REP2) District 10
     Fred Gillespie (REP3) District 10
     Bob Ashley (REP1) District 11
     Mitch B. Carmichael (REP1) District 12
     Charlie Bonnett (REP1) District 13
     Jack R. McLane (REP2) District 13
     Mike Hall (REP1) District 14
     Lisa D. Smith (REP2) District 14
     C.E. "Chuck" Romine (REP1) District 15
     Kelli Sobonya (REP2) District 15
     Bill Winters (REP1) District 16
     Jody G. Smirl (REP2) District 16
     Russell Hoover (REP1) District 20
     Dick Mitcham (REP1) District 24
     Paul M. Canterbury (REP1) District 25
     Phillip Stevens (REP1) District 27
     Ray Canterbury (REP1) District 28
     Tom Fast (REP1) District 29
     Priscilla M. Haden (REP1) District 30
     Ann Calvert (REP2) District 30
     Bill Nelson (REP3) District 30
     Robert J. Gould (REP4) District 30
     Keith A. Carte (REP5) District 30
     Jason Webb (REP6) District 30
     Fred L. Monk (REP7) District 30
     Wanda Hightower (REP1) District 31
     Tim Armstead (REP1) District 32
     Ron Walters (REP2) District 32
     Rusty Webb (REP3) District 32
     Steve Harrison (REP4) District 32
     Ben (B.G.) Murphy (REP1) District 33
     Joseph Brannon (REP1) District 34
     Bill Salomon (REP1) District 35
     Doug Stalnaker (REP1) District 38
     Dale F. Riggs (REP1) District 39
     Lonnie L. Moore Sr (REP1) District 40
     James L. "Jim" Morgan (REP1) District 42
     Charles S. "Chuck" Mullett (REP1) District 43
     Russell Snyder (REP2) District 43
     Cheirl Fletcher (REP) District 44
     Cindy Frich (REP) District 44
     Doris T. Bonner (REP1) District 46
     Allen V. Evans (REP1) District 48
     Robert A. Schadler (REP1) District 49
     Charles S. Trump IV (REP1) District 51
     John Reisenweber (REP1) DIstrict 52
     Larry V. Faircloth (REP1) District 53
     John Overington (REP1) DIstrict 54
     Anne Newcomer Dungan (REP1) District 55
     George Quinn (REP1) District 56

SHLIB is votes for state House of Delegates Libertarian candidates.
     Stephen Dajchak (LIB) District 3
     Adam Barraclough (LIB) District 15
     Richard Dulee (LIB) District 26
     Joy Johnson (LIB) District 27
     John A. Sturgeon (LIB) District 31
     Greg Henshall (LIB) District 32
     Bob Jones (LIB) District 34
SHIND is votes for state House of Delegates Independent candidates.
     Janet "JT" Thompson (IND1) District 31

Votes on Constitutional Amendment:
     AMENDYES refers to votes for the Constitutional Amendment on the ballot for the 2000
     election: "To amend the Constitution of West Virginia to permit the Legislature to
     establish a unified system of family courts with jurisdiction over family law and child
     welfare matters."
AMENDNO refers to votes against the Amendment.

2000 U.S. Census Racial Data:
TOTP is the total population.

Non-Hispanics:
NHWH is the number of non-Hispanic Whites (single-race only).
NHBL is the number of non-Hispanic Blacks (single-race only).
NHNT is the number of non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives (single-race only).
NHAS is the number of non-Hispanic Asians (single-race only).
NHPC is the number of non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (single-race only).
NHOT is the number of non-Hispanics of any other race (single-race only).
NHW_B is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Black races.
NHW_N is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
NHW_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Asian races.
NHW_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHW_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and some other race.
NHB_N is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
NHB_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Asian races.
NHB_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHB_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and some other race.
NHN_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races.
NHN_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHN_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race.
NHA_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHA_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and some other race.
NHP_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race.
NHPL3 is the number of non-Hispanics of three or more races.

Hispanics:
HWH is the number of Hispanic Whites (single-race only).
HBL is the number of Hispanic Blacks (single-race only).
HNT is the number of Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives (single-race only).
HAS is the number of Hispanic Asians (single-race only).
HPC is the number of Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (single-race only).
HOT is the number of Hispanics of any other race (single-race only).
HW_B is the number of Hispanics of both White and Black races.
HW_N is the number of Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
HW_A is the number of Hispanics of both White and Asian races.
HW_P is the number of Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HW_O is the number of Hispanics of both White and some other race.
HB_N is the number of Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
HB_A is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Asian races.
HB_P is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HB_O is the number of Hispanics of both Black and some other race.
HN_A is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races.
HN_P is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HN_O is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race.
HA_P is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HA_O is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and some other race.
HP_O is the number of Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race.
HPL3 is the number of Hispanics of three or more races.

Voting Age Population:
TOTP18 is the total voting age population.

Non-Hispanics:
NHWH18 is the number of non-Hispanic Whites of voting age (single-race only).
NHBL18 is the number of non-Hispanic Blacks of voting age (single-race only).
NHNT18 is the number of non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives of voting age (single-race only).
NHAS18 is the number of non-Hispanic Asians of voting age (single-race only).
NHPC18 is the number of non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders of voting age (single-race only).
NHOT18 is the number of non-Hispanics of any other race of voting age (single-race only).
NHW_B18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Black races of voting age.
NHW_N18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
NHW_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Asian races of voting age.
NHW_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHW_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and some other race of voting age.
NHB_N18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
NHB_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Asian races of voting age.
NHB_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHB_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and some other race of voting age.
NHN_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races of voting age.
NHN_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHN_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race of voting age.
NHA_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHA_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and some other race of voting age.
NHP_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race of voting age.
NHPL318 is the number of non-Hispanics of three or more races of voting age.

Hispanics:
HWH18 is the number of Hispanic Whites of voting age (single-race only).
HBL18 is the number of Hispanic Blacks of voting age (single-race only).
HNT18 is the number of Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives of voting age (single-race only).
HAS18 is the number of Hispanic Asians of voting age (single-race only).
HPC18 is the number of Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders of voting age (single-race only).
HOT18 is the number of Hispanics of any other race of voting age (single-race only).
HW_B18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Black races of voting age.
HW_N18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
HW_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Asian races of voting age.
HW_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HW_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and some other race of voting age.
HB_N18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
HB_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Asian races of voting age.
HB_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HB_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and some other race of voting age.
HN_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races of voting age.
HN_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HN_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race of voting age.
HA_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HA_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and some other race of voting age.
HP_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race of voting age.
HPL318 is the number of Hispanics of three or more races of voting age.



